"We don't understand how they came to this decision," Baker said.
"We just don't get it. The reaction we have got from all the netball centres of Harbourside, Rotorua, Whakatane, Katikati, Te Puke, Opotiki and Kawerau has been one of disbelief. And tears. Everyone has shed tears over it."
Board chairman John Wiltshire, a Hamilton-based sports lawyer, is disappointed that they have resigned over this issue.
"The process at board level was always clear and everyone understood and accepted how the process was going to be developed," he said.
"So their choosing to resign has been very disappointing indeed for me personally and I wish they hadn't."
Read more in Friday's Bay of Plenty Times.